Justin Bieber performs during a concert at Bercy Arena in Paris on March 19,2013.

Associated Press

Hey Biebs, we’re offended, too.

On Wednesday, Justin Bieber made an apparently unpremeditated foray into East Asian politics with a visit to Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. It didn’t go unnoticed by his fans in South Korea.

The shrine commemorates Japan’s war dead, including several class “A” war criminals–something that raises the ire of China and Korea, particularly when Prime Minister Shinzo Abe or other cabinet members visit.

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The reaction in Beijing included a comment from Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang, who said: “I hope this Canadian singer, after visiting the Yasukuni shrine, can have a clear understanding of Japan’s history of invasion and its history of militarism.”

In South Korea, the response has been more muted. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and major politicians haven’t weighed in (so far).

But netizens aren’t letting it go without comment.

One Twitter user, going by the handle @qtndw, kept it terse, saying simply that by visiting the shrine, “he has lost all his Korean fans.” Another fan, @kwangshin0521, expressed a similar sentiment, saying that Mr. Bieber was “out forever.”

One well known Korean nationalist, university professor Seo Kyung-duk, saw it as an opportunity to educate the young singer. “I sent an English version of a video (I made) about the Yasukuni Shrine to him through social media and by e-mail,” Mr. Seo tweeted to his 45,000 followers.